GRAMMAR QUESTION, Feb. 12th, 2010

Correct the errors in the following sentence:

For entertaining Hai is liking to going too outdoors concerts in the Summer or during the Winter he is watching much reality television's shows.

Note: you can still see previous Grammar Questions; they are posted in the archive in the side bar and listed a year previous to their date of posting.

PUZZLE, Feb. 12th, 2010

Previous Puzzle

Here are some of the possible correct answers:
o … honor (o/or/nor/horn/honor)
i … detail (i/it/lit/tail/tidal/detail)
i … elation (i/in/nil/nail/alien/entail/elation)

New Puzzle
Feed, good, and kiss are 3 examples of words with double letters. Use the clues and fill in the blanks to find words with consecutive double letters. Remember, these words have 2 sets of double letters in a row!

1. It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a...B _ _ _ _ _ N
2. Body modification.T _ _ _ _ O
3. A Group of people.C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E
4. Acuteness or acumen.K _ _ _ _ _ _ S

ALL CHANGE! Feb. 12th, 2010

Change the words in the sentence below as indicated. You can only change the exact word in the sequence given; after someone else has posted the next change, then you can post another change. For instance, student 1 writes #1 Subject Noun, and changes the subject noun; Student 2 writes #2 Direct Object Noun, and changes that noun. Each student only makes one change at a time and keeps to the order indicated.If you complete all 7 changes, then start making more changes again from 1 to 7. Each student should build on the changes that the previous students make.

Tina is avidly watching the Olympic Games on a big-screen television.

1. change the subject noun 2. change the direct object noun
3. change the indirect object noun 4. change the adjective
5. change the adverb 6. change the verb name
7. change the verb tense

COMPLETE THE SENTENCE ... Feb. 12th, 2010

Use the type of clause, phrase, or grammar indicated to complete the following sentence; you can add the phrase or clause before or after (not both) to the clause below:

... many people will be watching the Winter Olympic Games from Vancouver ...

1. Use a phrase
2. Use a dependent clause
3. Use an independent clause

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THE PASSIVE, Feb. 12th, 2010

Change an active voice sentence to the passive voice, or change a passive voice sentence to the active voice.

The spelling mistakes could have been avoided if a dictionary had been used.

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EXAM PRACTICE, Feb. 12th, 2010

The following question is similar to the one in part 3 of the Engl 140 final exam. There are many possible answers. Write a sentence using the vocabulary and grammar indicated.

Add a dependent clause in the past progressive tense:

... I saw an entertaining Lion Dance in Chinatown ...

There are many possible correct answers. Correct answers will be available in the blog archive.

GRAMMAR QUESTION, Feb. 1st, 2010

Correct the errors in the following sentence:

There were to much peoples at the mall so I was hurried up shopping, I was too hurried that the shirt’s I bought's not big enough and I'm having to return them.

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PUZZLE, Feb. 1st, 2010

Previous Puzzle
Congratulations to Anastasia and Joanne for providing answers to the puzzle.

There were more possible answers than I expected--here is an example of the correct answers:
1. u … super (u/us/sue/sure/super)
2. e … hamper (e/he/her/hare/harem/hamper)
3. o … erosion (o/so/son/ones/snore/sooner/erosion)
Other answers were possible.

New Puzzle
Let’s try the same thing this week. Add one letter at a time to make a new word: example a to adios (a/as/sad/dais/adios)
1. o … honor
2. i … detail
3. i … elation
Note Please don't use proper nouns;-)

ALL CHANGE! Feb. 1st, 2010

Change the words in the sentence below as indicated. You can only change the exact word in the sequence given; after someone else has posted the next change, then you can post another change. For instance, student 1 writes #1 Subject Noun, and changes the subject noun; Student 2 writes #2 Direct Object Noun, and changes that noun. Each student only makes one change at a time and keeps to the order indicated.If you complete all 7 changes, then start making more changes again from 1 to 7. Each student should build on the changes that the previous students make.

My younger sister gleefully received flowers for her birthday.

1. change the subject noun 2. change the direct object noun
3. change the indirect object noun 4. change the adjective
5. change the adverb 6. change the verb name
7. change the verb tense

COMPLETE THE SENTENCE ..., Feb. 1st, 2010

Use the type of clause, phrase, or grammar indicated to complete the following sentence; you can add the phrase or clause before or after (not both) to the clause below:

... Margaret Atwood is a well known Canadian author ...

1. Use a phrase
2. Use a dependent clause
3. Use an independent clause

Note:you can still see previous Sentence Completion questions; they are posted in the archive in the side bar.

THE PASSIVE, Feb. 1st, 2010

Change an active voice sentence to the passive voice, or change a passive voice sentence to the active voice.

My sister was surprised by the flowers she received on her birthday.

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VOCABULARY, Feb. 1st, 2010

Vocabulary building is important for both reading comprehension and writing. Use the following two words (note the part of speech) in one sentence.

antidote (noun) + ecological (adjective)

To further improve your vocabulary, check Word of the Day every day! There are also word games and puzzles on this site.

EXAM PRACTICE, Feb. 1st, 2010

The following question is similar to the one in part 3 of the Engl 140 final exam. There are many possible answers. Write a sentence using the vocabulary and grammar indicated.

Add an independent clause in the future progressive tense:

... while many people will be watching the Superbowl...

There are many possible correct answers. Correct answers will be available in the blog archive.